{"id":45365,"date":"2009-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-giriyappa-so-chikkabyatappa-vs-sri-c-byregowda-on-22-october-2009"},"modified":"2014-09-15T23:35:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T18:05:25","slug":"sri-giriyappa-so-chikkabyatappa-vs-sri-c-byregowda-on-22-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-giriyappa-so-chikkabyatappa-vs-sri-c-byregowda-on-22-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri Giriyappa S\/O Chikkabyatappa vs Sri C Byregowda on 22 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Sri Giriyappa S\/O Chikkabyatappa vs Sri C Byregowda on 22 October, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V.Jagannathan<\/div>\n<pre>EN TEE HIGH OOORE OE KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 22M}DAX OE OCTOBER, 2009 yya'\nBEFORE:\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE v.JAGANNAIEAN,yff\n\nMISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL No.I497\u00a7Eg\u00a7 gggj\u00b0{MV1,'if\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nGiriyappa,\n\nS\/O.\n\nChikkabyatappa,\n\nAged about 29 years,\n\nR\/at No.166,_?\" Cross,\nDevasandra, _ ; _ ,--y ''p\nBangalOrew560 036.34' .\u20ac'\u00a7y\" \"._*\":,;\n\n[By Sri. N.O\u00a7pa;krisEna}\u00a7Aav.\n\nK.RrPuram,\nAPPELLANT\/S\n\ns.3,_: 'I -.\n\nAND:\n\nE.\n\nC.ByregoW\u00e9a;yV _ A V';\nS\/o.vChikkamOniyappd,\"\nMajor by.age:V\n\nx *R\/ati'Bavanahalliwvillage &amp; Post,\n\n'DJ\n\n'1 Rap. by its Manager.\n\n. Branch Office,\n\nKaSabaA\ufb02Obli,\n\n'yMalOr1TOwn;g\n\n'\ufb01clar U\u00e9stribti\n\nThe Bnited India Insurance Company Ltd.,\nI Fioor,\n\"Bagalur-ManSiOn,\n\n.fDOddapet,\n\n'KOlar--563 101,\nRESPONDENT\/S<\/pre>\n<p>{By Sri. M.R.Shalamala, Adv. for R1 [absent\ufb01<br \/>\nSri. S.KriShna Kishore, for R2.}<\/p>\n<p>zk-A&#8217;*<\/p>\n<p>2 MFA l4973\/O7<\/p>\n<p>This MFA is filed u\/Sec. 173(1) of the M.V. Act<br \/>\nagainst the Judgment and Award dated 25.4.2097<\/p>\n<p>passed in MVC No.2015\/2006 on the file of X:E.Addl,<br \/>\nJudge, Court of Small Causes, Member, .uMACE,dag_}<\/p>\n<p>the Court delivered the followingi, 2<\/p>\n<p>JUDGEMEX:\n<\/p>\n<p>The appellant seating. enhancement of the<br \/>\ncompensation on the grease that the MAEE had failed<br \/>\nto take into apcount tha iossiof earning capacity<br \/>\n35% as per the medipal euidence on record, loss of<\/p>\n<p>amenitiesj and&#8217; alsoW loss, oi income during the<\/p>\n<p>treatment period. V<\/p>\n<p>2{\ufb01%;,The learned counsel for the appellant<\/p>\n<p>stbmitsa that gin._the doctor&#8217;s evidence before the<\/p>\n<p>if; VTribudal, he has clearly stated that the appellant<\/p>\n<p>7_ has got 35% disahiiity for the whole body following<\/p>\n<p>_ the fracture of both the bones of right tibia and<\/p>\n<p>fracture of right femur and as there is a nonwunion<\/p>\n<p>-of the right femur and right tibia and dislocation<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;55 right shoulder, the doctor had opined that the<\/p>\n<p>disability is at 35% for the whole body. The MAC?<\/p>\n<p>erred in taking the disability at 15%. More over,<\/p>\n<p>E&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>3 MFA 149?3\/07<\/p>\n<p>the appellant is a mason by occupation and with the<\/p>\n<p>aforesaid disability the earning capacity reduced to_<\/p>\n<p>great extent. He has sought for enhancement to\ufb01ardsq *<\/p>\n<p>loss of amenities and enjoyment in life and loss of &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>income during the treatment period of \u20ac_\ufb01\u00a9\ufb01thSgl\ufb01_l<\/p>\n<p>View of the treatment taken for&#8221; \ufb01ixation :of*<\/p>\n<p>interlocking nail.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. Sri. O.Mahesh,?ilearnedimcdnnsel for the<br \/>\nInsurance Companyvplacing reliance p\ufb01f\ufb01the decision<br \/>\nreported in 138: a\u00e9d ad ghahucha\ufb01\ufb01a \ufb01g. Anantharaman<br \/>\n&amp; Ors] submits that as the&#8217;in\u00a7ured\u00a7claimant did not<br \/>\nco&#8211;operabs with \ufb02ing doctor _ami refused tr) undergo<br \/>\noperation o\ufb01 his leg, the damages will have to be<\/p>\n<p>reduced -on that -account and consequently, the<\/p>\n<p>?compensation would also come down.<\/p>\n<p>d_4ta 1 have heard the iearned counsel for both<\/p>\n<p>side.\n<\/p>\n<p>ini, As for as the decision referred supra by the<\/p>\n<p>learned counsel Sri. O.Mahesh is concerned, that was<\/p>\n<p>a -case where the Court foundi on facts that the<\/p>\n<p>Aninjuredwclaimant did not co~operate with the doctor<\/p>\n<p>and, refused. to undergo operation of his leg and<\/p>\n<p>%<\/p>\n<p>g ;\n<\/p>\n<p>4 MFA 14973\/07<\/p>\n<p>therefore, it is in these circumstances the Court<\/p>\n<p>took the view that the damages will have to _he<\/p>\n<p>reduced on that account, whereas in the case before &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>us, it was not refusal on the part of themappellanti&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>to undergo operation, but there was delay_in&#8221;getting_,<\/p>\n<p>treatment on account of financial reasons,a As such,*<\/p>\n<p>the aforesaid decision is finapplicahleT {Q the<\/p>\n<p>instant case.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. On going xthrough\u00bb the*_eVidence\u00b0 on record,<br \/>\nparticularly tbdt of Dr}PLManohar, iwam of the view<br \/>\nthat the loss. of_ earning._capacity taken as 35%<\/p>\n<p>V &#8230;. ..A&#8217;, *g,_\u00bba.y \u00ab-i f N<br \/>\nhaving regard_to the nature_of the injury sustained<\/p>\n<p>and the occupation of.the appellant as a mason and<\/p>\n<p>consequently uunderr thef head of loss of future<\/p>\n<p>Vearning capacity, the appellant is only entitled to<\/p>\n<p>Ra;;;i4}2Q0gc\ufb01*_ as &#8216; against Rs.86,400&#8211;OO. The<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;v&#8217;.\u00bbdifference_will be Rs.l,27,800-00. Towards loss of<\/p>\n<p>*w,amenitiesg*a further sum of Rs.10,UO0~00 is awarded<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;4and&#8217; towards loss of income during the treatment<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;a_period, in View of the operation undergone by the<\/p>\n<p>hi&#8221;, uapoellant, Rs.18,000wOO is awarded. Thus the<\/p>\n<p>appellant gets enhanced compensation by<\/p>\n<p>}\/<\/p>\n<p>. i&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>5 MFA 14973\/O7<\/p>\n<p>Rs.l,55,800&#8211;0O. That amount shail carry interest at<\/p>\n<p>6% p.a.<\/p>\n<p>The award is modified by allowing the&#8217;a\u00a7pea;ninnn\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>gart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Sri Giriyappa S\/O Chikkabyatappa vs Sri C Byregowda on 22 October, 2009 Author: V.Jagannathan EN TEE HIGH OOORE OE KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 22M}DAX OE OCTOBER, 2009 yya&#8217; BEFORE: THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE v.JAGANNAIEAN,yff MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL No.I497\u00a7Eg\u00a7 gggj\u00b0{MV1,&#8217;if BETWEEN: Giriyappa, S\/O. 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